Brassiere



Dec. 28,1926. I, 1,612,324

E. w. STEER BRAssIfiRE Filed June 5, 1924.

Patented Dec. 28, 1926.

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EMMA LF N eem. a IIEW" HAVEN; Conn m r- BnAssInnn.

Application. filed June 3,

Fig. 1 is a fLOIlt View, from the left, illustrating my improvedbrassiere as; upon. the figure.

Fig. 2 represents plan views of the several parts detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in brassieres. In the moregeneral construction of brassieres, they are formed from a long strip ofmaterial, with a substantially straight upper edge, and this edge issometimes gather-ed so as to conform to the figure, but this does notproduce a smooth-fitting garment, which is desired and necessary,particularly for full figures. The object of this invention is to form abrassiere in sections, and so shape the sections as to produce thedesired fullness over the bust, and a close fit of the garment to thefigure above the bust, and the invention consists in the construction ashereinafter described and par ticularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a front 5 having inclinedstraight side edges 6 and 7 at the upper portion, and reversely inclinedstraight sides 8 and 9 at the lower portion. Attached to the sides ofthe front are side-fronts 10, and 11 respectively formed with inclinedstraight edges 1213 and 14-15 to be stitched to the side edges 68 and7-9. The upper parts 16-17 of the rear edges of the side-fronts and thelower parts 1819 of those edges are reversely inclined and are connectedwith a right sideback 20 and a forward left side-back 21, the forwardedges 22-23 and 24-25 of which are reversely inclined and the lowerparts 23 and 25 attached to the edges 18 and 19. The

side-back 20 is connected to one edge of a back 26, the edge 27 of whichis connected to the edge 28 of a left side-back. The edge 27 of the backis connected to the edge 28 of a rear left side-back 29, the edges orthe front left side-back 21 and the rear left side-back 29 beingrespectively provided, one with hooks 30, and the other with eyes 31, bywhich the ends of the garment may be connected under the left arm. Theedges'16 and 22, between the side-front and right side-back, areprovided with a series of eye lets 32, and the corresponding edges 17and 24 of the side-front 11 and front left sideback 21 are provided witheyelets 33 to receive lacings 34, by which those edges may be drawntogether to the desired extent.

The garment, when assembled, may be war. SeriaLNo. 717 .472,

trimmed in any desired manner, and. desired, proyidedwith shoulderstraps By thusshaping the front and: siderfronts, as well as the rearedges of the side-fronts and the forward edges of the right side-backand front left side-back, fullness is provided over the breast and givesthe desired shape so that the upper edge of the garment closely fits thefigure of the wearer, thus giving the desired support and covering theperson, and additional fitting is secured through the lacings 34.

The position of the angle at the sides of the front and side-fronts willcorrespond to the figure of the person for whom the garment is desired.By employing straight edges, fullness is provided where desired, and theupper edge is so contracted that the bust is held down.

If desired, the upper edge 36 of the back 26 may be curved upward andthe lower edge 37 cut away, as may be required, to fit the figure.Hose-supporter straps 38 may be secured to the lower edge of the front 5at opposite sides, and hose-supporter straps 39 may be attached to thelower edge of the back 26 at opposite sides, the length of these strapscorresponding to the figure of the wearer.

I claim:

1. A brassiere, comprising a front, side fronts, right side-back andfront left side back, the upper portion of the front having its sideedges inclined downwaro and rearward from the upper edge and the lowerportion having its side edges inclined thence downward and inward to thelower edge, the forward edges of the side-fronts correspondinglyextending downward and forward from the upper edges and thence downwardand rearward to the lower edges, the rear edges of the side-fronts alsocorrespondingly extending downward and rearward from the upper edges andthence downward and forward to the lower edges, the side-backs alsocorrespondingly having their forward edges inclined downward and forwardfrom the upper edges and thence downward and rearward to the loweredges, the adjacent edges of the several parts connected together,whereby is produced a garment having a close fit above the bust and afullness to receive and inclose the bust.

2. A brassiere, comprising a front, sidefronts, right side-back andfront left sideback, the side edges of the front inclined downward andrearward from the upper edge and thence downward and inward to the loweredge, the forward edges of the side-fronts extending downward andforward from the upper edges and thence downward and rearward to thelower edges, the rear edges of the side-fronts extending downward andrearward from the upper edges and thence downward and forward to thelower edges, the side-backs having their forward edges inclined downwardand forward from the upper edge and thence downward and rearward to thelower edges, the adjacent edges of the front and side-fronts connectedtogether and the lower portions of the sidefronts connected to theside-backs, the upper adjacent edges of the side-fronts and sidebacksprovided with rows of eyelets, and lacings passing through said eyelets,whereby a fullness is obtained at the front, below the upper edge, andwhereby the upper edge may be adjusted.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

EMMA VILSON STEER.

